CONGRATULATIONS ALBANIA CONGRATULATIONS AMBASSADOR MUÇAJ

On the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of Independence and Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Albania Ambassador Genci Muçaj and his wife Valbona hosted a reception at Swissotel on Thursday.

3 December 2013 Tuesday 08:02

On the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of Independence and Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Albania Ambassador Genci Muçaj and his wife Valbona hosted a reception at Swissotel on Thursday.

The Anatolian Hall of Swissotel has rarely seen such a big crowd. Many Albanian students from all over Turkey, many Deputies, many businessmen doing business with Albania, HOMs, members of diplomatic corps in Ankara and guests from different walks of life participated at the celebration. Some of the guests among the crowd were ambassadors of Kosovo, Lebanon, Congo, Korea, Italy, Jordan, Ukraine, Montenegro, Serbia, Iran, Romania, Portugal, Georgia, Canada, Moldova, and chargé daffaires of Mexico, Thailand, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, and South Sudan.

While the Government was represented by Minister of Development Cevdet Yılmaz, Ministry of Foreign Affairs was represented by outgoing General Director of Balkans and Central Europe Ambassador Hakan Okçal who will very soon be leaving for Korea as the new ambassador of the Turkish Republic.

After the arrival of guest of honor Minister Yılmaz both the host Ambassador Muçaj and Minister Yilmaz delivered speeches.

In his speech Ambassador Muçaj said that Turkey and Albania enjoyed increasingly wonderful relations for many years and are now entering in higher level of partnership, with Document of Strategic Partnership expected to be signed by the two Prime Ministers soon, which hopefully will intensify political, economic and cultural relations.

The Embassy of Albania in Turkey is working to launch three Albanian Cultural Centers which will help promote Albanian culture, traditions, customs, songs, food, and language aiming to bring our people closer to each other, Muçaj said.

Following Minister Yılmazs brief speech in which he congratulated the Albanian Nation and emphasized the strong relations between the two countries, a celebration cake was cut by the Minister, the host and Fiona the daughter of Ambassador Muçaj.

Although Ambassador Muçaj has arrived in Ankara only eight months ago had done a great job bringing together the Albanian community in Turkey which made the reception turn out to be a real celebration for Albanians living in Turkey and also for Turks with Albanian roots.

More than one thousand guests danced and sang Albanian songs until the late hours of the night.